Motor Vehicles: Scotland
(asked on 10th July 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many motor vehicles in each vehicle excise duty class are registered to Scottish addresses by registration (a) before and (b) after 1 April 2017.
The vehicle database changes on a daily basis. The most recent figures show a total of 3,123,773 motor vehicles were registered to Scottish addresses.
Out of the vehicle excise duty (VED) classes, 20 are exempt from payment of VED. Further information on vehicle excise duty rates can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rates-of-vehicle-tax-v149.
The following table shows the number of motor vehicles registered in Scotland for use on the public road in the vehicle excise duty classes listed.
Tax Class | Vehicles First Registered *(a) | Vehicles First Registered *(b) | Total |
Agricultural Machine | 50,487 | 388 | 50,875 |
Alternative Fuel Car | 14,570 | 223 | 14,793 |
Ambulance | 1,257 | 6 | 1,263 |
Powered Bicycle | 122,472 | 931 | 123,403 |
Bus | 13,467 | 94 | 13,561 |
Crown Vehicle | 1,259 | 4 | 1,263 |
Diesel Car | 913,973 | 3,037 | 917,010 |
Disabled | 109,835 | 2,556 | 112,391 |
Disabled Passenger Vehicle | 718 | 1 | 719 |
Electric Motorcycle | 105 | 0 | 105 |
Electric Vehicle | 2,875 | 68 | 2,943 |
EURO 4 Light Goods Vehicle | 8,396 | 1 | 8,397 |
Fire Engine | 839 | 2 | 841 |
Fire Service | 712 | 3 | 715 |
General Haulage | 117 | 0 | 117 |
Gritting Machine | 486 | 0 | 486 |
HGV | 33,106 | 407 | 33,513 |
HGV Combined Transport | 52 | 0 | 52 |
Historic Vehicle | 30,592 | 53 | 30,645 |
Lifeboat Haulage | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Light Goods Vehicle | 251,007 | 1,834 | 252,841 |
Lighthouse Authority | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Limited Use | 4,642 | 11 | 4,653 |
Mine Rescue | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Mowing Machine | 1,403 | 36 | 1,439 |
NHS Vehicle | 1,148 | 9 | 1,157 |
Petrol Car | 1,334,611 | 5,171 | 1,339,782 |
Police | 1,982 | 2 | 1,984 |
Private HGV | 4,961 | 33 | 4,994 |
Private Light Goods | 182,858 | 308 | 183,166 |
Recovery Vehicle | 1,287 | 2 | 1,289 |
Reduced Pollution Bus | 210 | 0 | 210 |
Reduced Pollution HGV | 925 | 0 | 925 |
Reduced Pollution Special Types | 12 | 0 | 12 |
Reduced Pollution Trailer HGV | 36 | 0 | 36 |
Small Island Vehicles | 648 | 1 | 649 |
Snow Plough | 104 | 0 | 104 |
Special Types | 416 | 16 | 432 |
Special Vehicle | 14,143 | 272 | 14,415 |
Special Vehicle Trailer Duty | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Steam | 30 | 0 | 30 |
Trailer HGV | 896 | 6 | 902 |
Powered Tricycle | 1,636 | 2 | 1,638 |
Grand Total | 3,108,196 | 15,477 | 3,123,773 |
* (a) up to 31 March 2017
* (b) on or after 1 April 2017